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pcva's avatar
pcva
Follower
Sep 09, 2020

Is the RBR850 (AX6000) backward compatible with older Satellites (RBS50, RBS20)

I have an Orbi RBR50 router with RBS50 and RBS20 satellites am looking to replace the RBR50 router with the new RBR850 (AX). Is the RBR850 compatible with older satellites such as RBS50 and RBS20? 

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  • Chuck_M's avatar
    Chuck_M
    Mentor
    Sep 09, 2020

    Only if you hard wire them to router....  There was originally talk about making them compatible for wireless backhaul, but with the amount of time that has gone by, I suspect that wont happen.

     

    I have two RBS-50s hard wired to my RBR-850 (as well as an RBS-850) and the setup works fine.

    • Surffa's avatar
      Surffa
      Apprentice
      Jan 11, 2021

      This is fun gambling, which I doubt will ever pay back.

       

      I for example have an old Orbi router + 3 Satellites and once I start upgrading, there is no way I'm going to invest again in the same setup at once. I would actually be even prepared to sacrifice the speed on certain radio links to do partial upgrades of the complete system.

       

      Now, as things seem to turn around, I think I can then just ditch the whole Orbi and try some competitor instead. This is not really that perfect system either.